"It can't be Forrest!" Elene stood up, her voice trembling uncontrollably. "He— he would never shake Cyrus' hand! Unless it was to poison him, but I doubt Cyrus would be up for that!"
"Elene, this guy used to shake Joran's hand on a daily basis—" Kai interfered.
"You would have done it too if your country depended on it!" Elene retorted, sending her brother a fiery gaze. "But Cyrus is different! He is no god! He doesn't have that power over Forrest!"
"But he does have a weapon of mass destruction and Romero's pack in his hands," Gideon pointed out. "We can't be sure he is not pressured into whatever this is."
"What is this even?" Warg arched a brow, and they all returned their attention back to the screen.
{Today, General Romero withdrew his candidacy for the position of High Chancell
